A scale for a displacement detection apparatus includes a base, and reflection layers formed on the base in a lattice structure, wherein the scale is used as a member displaceable relative to a light-emitting element whose emission wavelength is approximately 1000 nm or less and a light-receiving element receiving the light that is emitted from the light-emitting element and is reflected by the reflection layers, and wherein the base is made of silicon.
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July 16, 2013
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